Friday, January 15, 2016

Video Round-Up: January 15, 2016

This movie supercut from IGN highlights the many times R2-D2 came to the rescue of Anakin, Luke, Han, and Leia in the first six Star Wars films.

Alan Rickman and Michael Gambon prank Daniel Radcliffe! - Daniel Radcliffe recalls a story about Michael Gambon and the late Alan Rickman playing a prank on him with a fart machine on the set of Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban. The prank was made all the more embarrassing because young Radcliffe had asked to be next to a young lady he “fancied” according to director Alfonso Cuarón.

Carpool Karaoke with Adele
- Renowned British singer, Adele, and host of The Late Late Show, James
Corden, chat and sing some of Adele's biggest hits while driving around
London in the latest edition of James' popular "Carpool Karaoke"
segment.

How Brain Parasites Change Their Host’s Behavior
- The biggest challenge in a parasite’s life is to move from one host
to another. Intriguingly, many parasites have evolved the ability to
manipulate the behavior of their hosts to improve their own survival —
sometimes even by direct brain control. Jaap de Roode details a few
parasites that can really mess with the mind.